“Hey!
Why do I have to wear something like this?!” Neji was holding a maid outfit, the veins at the corners of his eyes bulging with anger.
He looked almost as though he had activated the Byakugan.
“Because you’re working as a male greeter.
Obviously, you have to dress nicely if you want people to like you!” Sakura pointed at Sasuke beside her.
“Look, Sasuke is wearing one too.
What makes you so special?” “The Hyūga clan would never wear something like this!” Neji argued stubbornly.
Although Sakura had saved his father and helped their family remove the Caged Bird Seal Seal, there was no way he was going to put on such an embarrassing outfit.
“Sasuke is the biological son of the Uchiha clan head, and he still wore one!” Sakura curled her lips disdainfully.
“They’re the number-one clan in Konoha.
Your Hyūga clan only ranks second.
If the number-one clan can wear it, what are you so afraid of?” “Such a pointless stubbornness…” Sasuke said coldly.
He also really wanted to tear the outfit off, throw it on the ground, and stomp all over it.
Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.
Sakura had already told him that if he refused to cooperate, she would print out the photos of him wearing the cat-themed maid outfit and his other cross-dressing photos and distribute them throughout Konoha.
Just imagining the entire village learning about his cross-dressing made Sasuke feel utterly hopeless.
He could only blame himself for being too innocent back then and getting tricked so badly.
Still, people’s happiness was often built upon the suffering of others.
If he could drag this Hyūga clan member down with him, that would be even better.
At least then he wouldn’t be the only one being humiliated.
“Be a good boy and put it on!” A hint of amusement flashed through Sakura’s eyes as she secretly activated the Mind Stone, beginning to influence Neji’s mind.
When Neji came to his senses, he found Sakura standing in front of him with a camera, taking pictures.
At some point, he had already changed into the maid outfit.
“…” The cold expression Sasuke had worn for days finally turned into a smile.
Ever since discovering that he had been tricked, Sasuke had maintained a completely expressionless face.
Now, at last, there was someone else to share his suffering.
Sasuke suddenly felt much more at ease.
“Be a good boy and listen!” Sakura waved the camera in her hand, her smile downright wicked.
“Otherwise, I won’t mind letting everyone in the shinobi world see photos of Neji Hyūga of the Hyūga clan dressed in women’s clothing!” “I’ll listen!” Neji replied through gritted teeth, humiliation written all over his Byakugan eyes, which glistened with tears.
“Don’t be so upset.
They say there’s no such thing as wearing women’s clothes only once.
There are only zero times and countless times.
Once you get used to it, you’ll learn to love the feeling!” Sakura comforted him.
She was worried that if this continued, Neji might actually suffer a ruptured blood vessel.
“Absolutely impossible!” Neji glared fiercely at Sakura with his Byakugan.
“Just you wait!
One day, I’ll defeat you and reclaim the dignity you’ve trampled on—the dignity of the Hyūga clan!” Have I just corrupted another young man’s innocent heart?
Sakura silently condemned herself for hurting someone else’s feelings.
Then she looked up and saw the two cross-dressed boys standing there, and a wave of satisfaction filled her heart.
Art.
This was all for the sake of art!
Today, customers coming to Ichiraku Ramen discovered that there was yet another pretty girl working in the shop.
Judging from those eyes, she seemed to be from the prestigious Hyūga clan.
For a moment, nearly everyone who entered the shop—or even simply passed by the front of it—couldn’t help taking a couple of extra glances at Neji.
The Hyūga clan was a famous noble clan of Konoha, after all.
Seeing one of their members come out to work was quite a rare sight.
Neji’s smile had practically twisted into a grimace.
At this point, his heart was filled with nothing but despair.
Centuries of the Hyūga clan’s reputation were about to be destroyed by his own hands.
“Don’t think about it too much.
You’ll get used to it.
We mere mortals simply have no way to resist the rule of a demon!” Sasuke comfortingly patted his fellow victim on the shoulder.
He had already resigned himself to his fate.
That cute girl with the emerald-green eyes was simply a demon.
As mere mortals, all they could do was obediently listen.
“Impossible!
I absolutely won’t resign myself to this.
One day, I’ll make her experience this humiliation too!” Neji said through gritted teeth.
“Are you stupid?
She’s already a girl.
Isn’t wearing women’s clothes perfectly normal for her?!” Sasuke chuckled.
For them, wearing women’s clothes was humiliating.
But Sakura was a girl to begin with.
For her, wearing women’s clothes was completely normal.
“Then make her wear men’s clothes!” Neji growled under his breath.
He would never rest until he had his revenge.
“Forget it.
What difference would it make if you got her to wear men’s clothes?
Everyone would just say she looked dashing and heroic.
Besides, do you really think we can beat her?” Sasuke’s expression remained blank.
It wasn’t as though he had never resisted.
But every time he did, he would inexplicably lose consciousness.
When he woke up, he would already be wearing women’s clothes and posing coquettishly for photos with Sakura.
After several consecutive days of this, he had already accepted his fate.
“Could this really be fate?” Neji clenched both fists, grief and indignation filling his eyes.
Sakura had no idea what Neji and Sasuke were talking about.
She was currently in the Hokage’s office, looking utterly astonished.
“Kumogakure has gone crazy!
Where did they get the confidence to actually start a war with us?” “Kumogakure’s shinobi have already begun gathering along the border!” The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe.
He was genuinely troubled by Kumogakure’s habit of charging headfirst into trouble without thinking.
“Looks like the Fourth Raikage thinks that now that the Fourth Hokage is dead, there’s no one in Konoha who can keep him in check!” Sakura naturally knew about the history between the Fourth Raikage and Killer B.
When they had fought Minato Namikaze, they had been full of confidence, only to be completely outclassed by him.
Now that the Fourth Hokage was dead, the Fourth Raikage probably thought there was no one left in Konoha capable of fighting him.
That must be why he’d become so arrogant.
“Kumogakure’s ninjutsu-taijutsu combat style is extremely famous.
The Raikage in particular—every Raikage has been exceptionally skilled in it.
The secret Lightning Release Chakra Mode passed down by Kumogakure can greatly enhance their physical abilities, especially their speed.
At present, aside from the deceased Second Hokage and Minato, there is practically no one in Konoha who can keep up with them!” The Third Hokage explained.
Kumogakure’s combat style centered primarily around ninjutsu-taijutsu combat.
Their physical prowess was strong enough to make one’s teeth ache.
Take the Third Raikage, for example.
He once stayed behind alone to hold off tens of thousands of Iwagakure shinobi, ultimately fighting until his chakra was exhausted and he died.
Iwagakure suffered devastating losses in that battle.
“That isn’t necessarily true!” Sakura shook her head.
The Fourth Raikage was indeed incredibly fast, but the Uchiha who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan were already capable of keeping up with him.
Their physical strength simply couldn’t compare with the shinobi of Kumogakure.
And as far as Sakura knew, although the Uchiha had no one publicly known to possess the Mangekyō Sharingan, Fugaku Uchiha had actually awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan long ago.
In fact, even Itachi, who also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan in the original story, had no confidence that he could defeat Fugaku.
Had Fugaku not ultimately chosen to die willingly for Itachi and Sasuke, Danzo’s plan to annihilate the Uchiha clan would never have gone so smoothly.
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